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The following was written by Joseph Monack: Tonight I went to the McHenry County Democratic Party’s convention to see who they would nominate for their leadership positions in what’s shaking up to be a very good year for them. Their … Continue reading →

My analysis of the information published by the McHenry County Clerk (see below) may off here or there, but what I found shows a tremendous effort on the part of the Democratic Party to build an infrastructure at the precinct level. … Continue reading →

There were many vacancies for Republican Precinct Committeeman after petitions were filed in November. There were many, many more vacancies for Democratic Precinct Committeeman. But, there is another route to this basic party office other than by petition and listing … Continue reading →

The deadline for filing statements of candidacy for write-in candidates has just passed. They’re thirty in all. Most are for Republican Precinct Committeeman, but three are for Democratic Party Precinct Committeeman, one for Democratic Party State Central Committeewoman in the … Continue reading →

Below are the people who have filed to run write-in campaigns in McHenry County: For public officer there are two Democrats: John Joseph Polachek – United States President [Polachek did not filed a copy, not an original document, so there … Continue reading →

Here it is one day before the end of filing for public and party office and only 28 out of 212 McHenry County precincts have Democratic Party candidates for what local party officials call “precinct representative.” I listed every precinct—full … Continue reading →